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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
Trust Issues in AI
For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on...
From Computational Complexity
My comments on Lance's Favorite Theorems
In Lance's last post (see here) he listed his favorite theorems from 1965 to 2024.There are roughly 60 Theorems. I mostly agree with his choices and omissions.here...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Data structures as jigs for programmers (Go edition)
A data structure in programming is a specific way of organizing and storing data in a computer so that it can be accessed and used efficiently. In woodworking or...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Safe Quick Undercarriage Immobilization Device
Fifteen years ago I blogged about a different SQUID. Here’s an update: Fleeing drivers are a common problem for law enforcement. They just won’t stop unless persuaded...
From insideHPC
At SC24: Intel, oneAPI and the UXL Foundation — Enabling Open Source Software for HPC-AI
HPC-AI chip companies have built out and manage major major software development operations, and at SC24, we caught up with two software managers associated with...
From insideHPC
AVK and Rolls-Royce Report Green-Powered Data Center Generator Sales
London, 5th December 2024 — AVK, a UK supplier of power solutions for data centers in Europe, and the business division Power Systems of Rolls-Royce have announced...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Pegasus Infections
This tool seems to do a pretty good job. The company’s Mobile Threat Hunting feature uses a combination of malware signature-based detection, heuristics, and machine...
From insideHPC
Quantum: CDP Venture Capital Invests in Multiverse Series A
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain,December 5, 2024 —Multiverse Computing, a quantum and quantum-inspired AI software company, announced an investment from the largest...
From insideHPC
QCT Leverages NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software Platform to Enhance AI Powerhouses
When we last took a close look at QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology), the data center, hyperscale and cloud server maker based in Taiwan, we pointed out that the company...
From insideHPC
QCT Releases New Platform Powered by NVIDIA GPUs for GenAI at Scale
QCT, the global data center solution provider with an expanding presence in the world of HPC-AI servers, is releasing a new hardware platform powered by NVIDIA...
From insideHPC
PCI-SIG Reaches 1000 Member Companies Worldwide
BEAVERTON, Ore. – December 5, 2024 – PCI-SIG, responsible for the PCI Express standard, today announced that it has reached 1,000 member companies. PCIe technology...
From insideHPC
Registration Opens for Energy HPC Conference at Rice Univ. Feb. 25-27
Dec. 4, 2024 — Registration is now open for the Energy High Performance Computing Conference at Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute in House, Tuesday-Thursday...
From Computational Complexity
Favorite Theorems: The Complete List
Now in one place all of my sixty favorite theorems from the six decades of computational complexity (1965-2024).2015-2024 Graph Isomorphism (Babai) Sensitivity...
From Schneier on Security
AI and the 2024 Elections
It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go...
From insideHPC
At SC24: Hammerspace on Making Data Accessible, Globally Shared and Silo-Free
At SC24, we caught up with Floyd Christofferson, Vice President of Product Marketing at data management platform vendor Hammerspace, a company at the headwaters...
From insideHPC
MLCommons Launches LLM Safety Benchmark
Dec. 4, 2024 — MLCommons today released AILuminate, a safety test for large language models. The v1.0 benchmark – which provides a series of safety grades for the...
From insideHPC
AWS Announces EC2 UltraCluster and GA of Trainium2 Instances
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 3, 2024 — At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services today announced the general availability of AWS Trainium2-powered Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon...
From insideHPC
Hammerspace Announces Contributions to the Linux Kernel for Enterprise and HPC-AI Storage
SAN MATEO, Calif. – December 3, 2024 – Hammerspace announced contributions to the Linux kernel designed to transform standard Linux servers into platforms for enterprise...
From insideHPC
CXL Consortium Releases 3.2 Specification
Dec. 3, 2024 – Beaverton, Ore. – The CXL Consortium, an industry standard body focused on coherent connectivity, announces the release of its Compute Express Link...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog